Drawing in Dark

“Charcoal pencil artist, specialising in wildlife, landscapes and gothic illustration. Commissions open!”

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  • Praying Mantis original charcoal sketch, original art, charcoal drawing, pencil

    Praying Mantis original cha...

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    £65.00

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  • Oil beetle original charcoal drawing, entomology art bug lovers gift

    Oil beetle original charcoa...

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    £70.00

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  • Lime original charcoal pencil drawing, foodie gift food art

    Lime original charcoal penc...

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    £99.00

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  • Nutmeg original charcoal pencil drawing, framed food art perfect chefs gift

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    £79.00

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  • Original charcoal pencil seascape drawing, Admiral and Saltwick Nab

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    £400.00

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  • Limited edition signed Whitby harbour seascape print, hand numbered, lighthouse

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    £25.00

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  • Limited edition signed Whitby abbey landscape print, hand numbered

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    £25.00

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  • Courting Crow 10, original charcoal pencil drawing of a standing crow, framed.

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    £55.00

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  • Adult crow standing print on natural recycled card stock, A5

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  • Crow print on natural recycled card stock, A5

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  • Young crow print on natural kraft recycled card stock, A5

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    £10.00

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  • Crow print set on natural recycled card stock, A5

    Crow print set on natural r...

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    £25.00

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  • Perching crow wildlife print on white recycled card stock, A5

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  • Crow print on white recycled card stock, A5 black and white wildlife art

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  • Jackdaw in flight original charcoal pencil drawing with black frame

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    £60.00

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  • Flying jackdaw original charcoal pencil drawing, gothic gift

    Flying jackdaw original cha...

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    £60.00

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  • Flying jackdaw original charcoal pencil drawing in a black frame.

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    £60.00

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  • Flying crow original charcoal drawing, bird lover gift

    Flying crow original charco...

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  • Gothic horror and ghost stories for Christmas signed and illustrated book

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    £19.99

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  • Gothic horror illustration cards, blank card set

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    £7.50

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  • Barghest hellhound gothic horror print,

    Barghest hellhound gothic h...

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    £120.00

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  • Gothic horror cards, gothic horror illustration prints

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  • Realistic human skull black tote bag, limited edition screen print unisex gift

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    £10.00

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  • Gothic bat tote bag, limited edition screen printed shopping bag

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  • Realistic human skull card, memento mori art card

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    £3.00

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  • Sleeping bat card, gothic wildlife art card,  blank inside.

    Sleeping bat card, gothic w...

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    £3.00

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  • Crow original charcoal drawing, bird in flight

    Crow original charcoal draw...

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    £60.00

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  • Crow original charcoal sketch, small silhouette of a jackdaw in flight.

    Crow original charcoal sket...

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  • Addictions ghost illustration print, gothic horror drawing

    Addictions ghost illustrati...

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    £120.00

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  • Scavengers mermaid print, freshwater mermaid illustration

    Scavengers mermaid print, f...

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    £120.00

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  • Gothic horror giclee print, The Creatures Lament illustration

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    £120.00

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  • Timber scary tree print, gothic horror illustration

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    £120.00

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  • Charcoal pencil mermaid's eye drawing,

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    £230.00

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  •  'Stephen' horror illustration giclee print framed in oak

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    £40.00

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  • Scary dead tree charcoal pencil drawing, framed in oak

    Scary dead tree charcoal pe...

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    £65.00

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  • Charcoal pencil snail drawing, original framed wildlife art

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    £200.00

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  • Nine Maidens limited edition signed Cornish landscape print with mount

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    £25.00

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  • Tynemouth Priory ruins limited edition signed landscape mini print

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    £25.00

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  • Teasel limited edition signed mini print - wildflower art.

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    £25.00

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  • Chapel droplet limited edition landscape print, signed and numbered

    Chapel droplet limited edit...

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    £25.00

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  • Lanyon Quoit droplet limited edition print with mount, signed landscape

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    £25.00

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  • Men an Tol droplet limited edition Cornish landscape signed print

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  • Hanging bat framed fine art print, gothic style natural history art

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    £60.00

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  • Human skull framed fine art print, memento mori gothic decor

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    £100.00

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  • Custom landscape pencil portrait from your own photo

    Custom landscape pencil por...

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    £300.00 £200.00 (33% off)

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  • Custom pet pencil drawing portrait from your own photo

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  • Courting Crow 2, original charcoal pencil drawing of a flying crow, framed.

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    £55.00

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  • Hanging bat gothic handbag makeup mirror, alternative wedding favour

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    £3.50

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  • Limited edition crow print, A5, black and white wildlife art

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    £10.00

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  • Limited edition crow print, A5, black and white wildlife art

    Limited edition crow print,...

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    £25.00

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  • Stephen Under the Bed Horror Art Print, large monster charcoal drawing

    Stephen Under the Bed Horro...

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    £200.00

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  • Jackdaw flying original charcoal pencil drawing, bird lovers gift

    Jackdaw flying original cha...

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    £60.00

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About Drawing in Dark

Drawing in Dark

Explaining myself one drawing at a time

I picked up a pack of charcoal pencils on a whim many years ago and fell in love. They allow me the fine detail of graphite but with a deeper, velvety black that gives such depth to my drawings. It's perfect for my biggest love, the darker side of my artwork where the monsters live. To be able to bring them to life, I need to constantly study the world around me and that's what connects all of my work - constant curiosity and observation, looking at textures, reflections, form and movement.

When I'm not in the studio I'm out with my camera looking for new inspiration. I photograph everything in a this-will-come-in-useful-at-some-point fashion, and it always does. For example, this year I did a sell out series of droplet drawings each with something different reflected in it that started way back when I lived in Cornwall. Raindrops on flowers in a garden caught my eye, I decided to challenge myself and see what else I could capture -trees, monoliths, the sea... A couple of decades on and I completed the set with iconic landmarks of the north east - up to and including the Tyne bridge :) That in turn led to thoughts of how I could use that to show my house monsters out and about and more reflections will appear in a new book I'm creating telling their stories.